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DAVID PARKINSON
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5/5 Peeping Tom
4/5 Under the Sand
3/5 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
2/5 Liam
1/5 Very Annie Mary
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5 The Gospel According to St. Matthew
5/5 The Quiet Man
5/5 It Happened One Night
5/5 Tom Jones
5/5 The Red Shoes
5/5 The Seventh Seal
5/5 Battle of Algiers
5/5 Le Quai Des Brumes
5/5 Los Olvidados
5/5 Great Expectations
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WORST REVIEWED
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1/5 Very Annie Mary
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 89% of the time.

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4/5
 
"Powerhouse performance from Orson Welles as the troubled Prince."
Posted Jun 18, 2008
 
Macbeth (Restored Version) (1948)90%
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4/5
 
"This is simply the finest jazz documentary ever made. "
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
Let's Get Lost (1988)96%
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4/5
 
"A searing indictment of corporate responsibility that will intrigue conspiracy theorists. "
Posted May 16, 2008
 
Heartbeat Detector (2008)76%
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4/5
 
"One of the most charming, entertaining musicals of the 1950s."
Posted May 13, 2008
 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)100%
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4/5
 
"There's not a wasted word and the performances are impressive in Joachim Lafosse's hugely impressive film."
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Private Property (2006)69%
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3/5
 
"Chang captures Wu’s dedication and respect for a game whose intricacies reflect the vicissitudes of his own life."
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
The Go Master (2006)69%
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4/5
 
"Recalling the work of Jacques Tati, this is a grim but amusing and ultimately successful effort."
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
You, The Living (2007)100%
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5/5
 
"Seen as a Catholic-Marxist statement at the time, nearly 40 years on, Pasolini's cinematic accomplishment still impresses."
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965)92%
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2/5
 
"If it weren’t for Lost Horizon, this would have gone down in history as the Worst Musical of 1973."
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)57%
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3/5
 
"Jeffrey Hunter is less Saviour of the Christian faith and more anti-hero with many very human doubts and concerns."
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
King of Kings (1961)79%
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5/5
 
"Ideal Sunday afternoon fare."
Posted Mar 11, 2008
 
The Quiet Man (1952)91%
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2/5
 
"A disappointingly sterotypical French film."
Posted Mar 3, 2008
 
Late August, Early September (1998)81%
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5/5
 
"An old school classic."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
It Happened One Night (1934)97%
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4/5
 
"Winning WW II story of british pluck that manages to side-step the propaganda trap."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Mrs. Miniver (1942)80%
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4/5
 
"Creaky, aged and utterly enchanting."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Grand Hotel (1932)84%
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5/5
 
"If Tom Jones now feels something of a product of its times, it still deserves credit for attempting something new."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Tom Jones (1963)81%
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4/5
 
"This John Huston film [is] typically epic with a faithful screenplay to Richard Llewellyn's famous novel."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
How Green Was My Valley (1941)88%
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4/5
 
"A moving evocation of an era and a heroic deed."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)68%
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4/5
 
"Olivier's classic and personalised version of the troubled Prince of Denmark is still highly atmospheric and intriguing."
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Hamlet (1948)92%
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4/5
 
"Chilling but compelling stuff. "
Posted Jan 24, 2008
 
Our Daily Bread (2006)94%
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4/5
 
"The austere monochrome photography gives the story a gravitas that’s reinforced by the dignity of the amateur cast."
Posted Jan 4, 2008
 
The Violin (2007)94%
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4/5
 
"An unflinching and affecting depiction of the region’s tragic lunacies."
Posted Jan 4, 2008
 
Half Moon: A Musician's Last Journey (2007)100%
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4/5
 
"Sensitively using song to express grief, passion and ennui, this is a cineaste’s delight. "
Posted Dec 13, 2007
 
Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)38%
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4/5
 
"A transfixing recreation of the events that shocked the world."
Posted Dec 7, 2007
 
The Killing of John Lennon (2008)34%
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3/5
 
"Echoes of Michael Haneke reverberate around the action but an eschewal of logic makes this feel like self-indulgence rather than ingenuity."
Posted Dec 7, 2007
 
Hotel Harabati (2006)75%
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4/5
 
"Director Tsai Ming-liang's film harks back to more innocent times when screen romance didn’t involve a money shot."
Posted Nov 14, 2007
 
The Wayward Cloud (2007)82%
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3/5
 
"This mostly wordless saga is striking but slight."
Posted Nov 14, 2007
 
I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2007)88%
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3/5
 
"This grungy anti-musical will offend just about everyone with its attitude towards women, gays, kids, and the elderly. "
Posted Nov 8, 2007
 
Ex Drummer (2007)45%
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4/5
 
"Brilliantly conveying the enormity of surrendering the self, this is a religious film with universal relevance."
Posted Nov 8, 2007
 
In Memory of Me (2007)78%
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5/5
 
"Wrapped up with gorgeous sparkly colour, off-the-beaten-track classical music selections, and a sinister edge that perfectly catches the ambiguity of traditional as opposed to Disney fairy tales, this remains a luminous masterpiece."
Posted Oct 24, 2007
 
The Red Shoes (1948)100%
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4/5
 
"Interesting depiction with a pretty decent performance from Holden and supported by a credible cast."
Posted Oct 23, 2007
 
Stalag 17 (1953)96%
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4/5
 
"A little gem with a wonderful performance from little Nina Kervel."
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Blame it on Fidel (2006)93%
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4/5
 
"Garbo is mesmerising in this wild and heated romance that has to be considered in context to cope with the excesive aesthetic and thematic melodrama."
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
Flesh and the Devil (1927)91%
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4/5
 
"Romance novel in narrative this transcends its genre with visual depth and perceptive socio-cultural insights."
Posted Oct 16, 2007
 
All That Heaven Allows (1955)92%
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4/5
 
"One of Woody's best ever; a highly intelligent and witty comedy with a magical script and perfect portrayls of well rounded characters."
Posted Oct 10, 2007
 
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)92%
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4/5
 
"Sharp as a scalpel, soft as a caress, this is a weird masterwork."
Posted Sep 26, 2007
 
Eyes Without a Face (1959)97%
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4/5
 
"A film in which just about every technical and dramatic gambit has been judged to near perfection."
Posted Sep 24, 2007
 
House of Wax (1953)93%
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3/5
 
"The consequences of Reunification are explored in this effective metaphysical thriller."
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Yella (2008)76%
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3/5
 
"Knowingly enigmatic, but more accessible than the director's previous works."
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Syndromes and A Century (2007)87%
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4/5
 
"Stunningly beautiful, it's a shame we can only understand a fraction of what's going on."
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Opera Jawa (2006)100%
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4/5
 
"Pascale Ferran as the first female director to adapt this notorious novel absorbs her successful vision with a uniquely romantic vibe."
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Lady Chatterley (2007)74%
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4/5
 
"Director Pablo Trapero seals his enviable reputation with this exceptional study of isolation and grief."
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Born and Bred (2006)100%
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4/5
 
"A towering performance from Olivier cements this as a true example of flag-waving cinema."
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Henry V (1944)100%
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5/5
 
"Dark but beautiful."
Posted Jul 20, 2007
 
The Seventh Seal (1957)95%
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3/5
 
"Poetic but bleekly pessimistic version of the Danish tragedy."
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Macbeth (2007)46%
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4/5
 
"Harrowing and complex, this study in terror is not for the faint of heart."
Posted Jul 6, 2007
 
Flanders (2006)71%
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4/5
 
"Lustrously photographed in monochrome by Masai Tamai, this is essentially a Tokyo twist on Nights of Cabiria (1957), with Mikio Naruse and Hideko Takamine replacing Fellina and Masina's kooky optimism with a fatalistic humanism."
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)100%
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3/5
 
"Sci-fi nuts, stoners and conspiracy theorists might get a kick out of this. But even Herzog fans will find this mix of found footage and Kinski-lite diatribe as frustrating as it's fascinating."
Posted Jun 15, 2007
 
The Wild Blue Yonder: A Science Fiction Fantasy (2006)67%
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3/5
 
"While it may prompt some to think again next time they're in Starbucks, this astute insight into the coffee business is better at lauding the good guys than taking the multinationals to task for the iniquities of the global economy."
Posted Jun 8, 2007
 
Black Gold (2006)85%
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4/5
 
"Seminal feature from Tarkovsky, the master of atmosphere and multi-functional allegory is truly affecting, as well as fodder for countless film studies curricula."
Posted May 30, 2007
 
Stalker (1979)100%

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